ROMANTICISM

The term 'Romantic':

-not from 'romance' (love)

-rather from the Romance

languages and the
medieval tales of chivalry
written in those languages.
 Characteristics of
Romanticism :
-emotional expression and
sentiment -often included support of
contemporary causes (like the
individual's struggle against the
state)

-struggle with/vastness/fear of nature

*The sublime
-nostalgia for the past
 Romanticism

Theodore Gericault, Raft of the Medusa, 1818-19.

Oil on canvas. 4.88 x 7.16m.
 Romanticism

Eugene Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People,

1830. 259 x 323 cm.
Romanticism

Francisco Goya, The

Sleep of Reason
Produces Monsters,
1798. Etching and
watercolour.
Watercolour:
-used in China since as early as the 3rd C

- rarely used in Europe before the late

18th C and early 19th C.

- became popular for small scale landscape

paintings.

- favoured by those who preferred painting

en plein air, as it was a portable and quick
drying medium
 Romanticism

Francisco Goya, The Third of May 1808, 1814. Oil

on canvas. 266 × 345 cm
 Romanticism

Caspar David Friedrich, Seashore by Moonlight,

1835-36. Oil on canvas. 134 x 169 cm
 Romanticism

JMW Turner, Snow storm - Steam boat off a

harbour's mouth, 1842. Oil on canvas.
 Romanticism

Thomas Cole, The Oxbow (View from Mt Holyoke,

Northampton, Mass. After a thunderstorm),
1836. Oil on canvas. 131 x 193 cm.
 Compare and Contrast

Discuss the similarities and differences in:

Visual analysis - what you see

Mood – what you feel

Theme – what is being addressed

 Compare and Contrast

Joseph Turner,
Slave Ship, 1840.
Oil on canvas. Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer
above a sea of fog, 1818. Oil
on canvas.